Adam Fuss
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.67 (896 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1891024914 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-08-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Essence Imprints Chris Jurek Adam Fuss's self-titled book is about life, death and various cultural and personal views of spirituality. Much like an autobiography in words and pictures, the book catalogs Fuss's progression as he explores the world around him while questioning what it means to "exist."The book starts out with a biography of Fuss's life, providing the viewer with an outline of his interests in the natural and spiritual worlds dating back to his childhood. As his ideas develop, he confronts photography's "problem" -inextricabl. Incredible! A Customer I own the Firt Edition of this book and it sits on my coffee table, constantly receiving "rave" reviews whenever I have guests over ---- the book is just stunning! A must have for any photography collector!
Her long, satisfyingly rich essay here delineates Fuss's childhood, his family life, his earliest impulses toward image-making, his love-hate relationship with cameras, and his working methods, and gently suggests connections between Fuss's experiences and his aesthetic. This quiet, perfect book is already a classic. Adam Fuss's hauntingly mysterious photos, made without cameras through a variety of direct means, began to receive a good deal of critical attention around 1990 (when the artist was not yet 30). This beautiful book is a rare combination: the most exquisite art paired with an essay of equal value. Eugenia Parry is a learned, experienced, prizewinning author of essays on French calotypes, Joel-Peter Witkin, the monotypes of Edgar Degas, and other subjects. The 57 plates of Fuss's lovely, enigmatic images of light, water, birds, babies, tangled roots, sunflowers, children, and stained glass windows are printed on thick
Fuss's photograms clearly break from those of his predecessors Man Ray, Moholy-Nagy and Talbot, and while striking a chord of homage, the images redefine how and what we see in pictures, both viscerally and intellectually. This book, the first major monograph of the artist's work, makes an important contribution to current discussions of photography's past and the question of its future.. Laid atop the paper for hours, and even days, colorization is recorded with a stroboscopic flash. Adam Fuss has emerged as one of the bold and truly creative artists utilizing photography today. Like an eighteenth-century experimenter, Fuss utilizes organic and raw materials in an unusual approach, revealing spiritual and emotional process. Live snakes, the entrails of rabbits, eggs, cow liver, sperm, flowers, and stained glass circumscribe the vital, often mysterious energies emitted from these pictures